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But those farmers said among themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’
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Verse 7. From this it appears, that the chief priests and lawyers were not ignorant that Christ was the Messias promised in the law and the prophets, but their knowledge was afterwards blinded by their envy: for otherwise, had they known him to be true God, they would never have crucified the Lord of glory, says Saint Paul. For a further explanation, see S. Matthew 21. Ven. Bede.
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